Fresh facts emerged in Agulu, the Anambra State country home of the late former Minister of Information, Prof Dora Akunyili last week on the reasons her kinsmen rejected the proposed August 28 burial date. Sources told us that the burial date clashed with the celebration of Ofala Ceremony of the community. It will be recalled…
Four ministerial nominees cleared by the Senate some days ago have been sworn-in as Ministers by President Goodluck Jonathan. President Jonathan performed the ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja and also announced their portfolios. They are Ibrahim Shekarau as Minister of Education, Abdul Bulama as Minister of Science and Technology, Stephen Oru as Minister of Niger…
Former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, is not among the past Nigerian leaders currently present at the National Council of States meeting holding inside the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting is the second in 2014. President Goodluck Jonathan is the chairman of the meeting, which is attended by his Vice, former heads of state, the…
Forces behind the impeachment move against the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, seem to be bent on removing him at all cost. Despite a public holiday declared by the state government on Tuesday, the seven-man panel constituted on Monday by the acting Chief Justice of the state, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, has gone ahead to…
A pix from the rampage Reports reaching our desk confirms that some officers of the Nigerian Army in Lagos have taken over the popular and busy Ikorodu Road. This followed the death of an army officer who was purportedly killed on Friday morning at Palmgrove area of the road by a BRT bus. The deceased…
Ahead of the 2015 governorship election in Imo State, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, is said to be plotting to sack the incumbent governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, from power. Sources disclosed to Aproko247 that the youthful politician, who is widely believed to have thrown his hat…
The Adamawa State House of Assembly has been given the permission to proceed with its impeachment move against the state governor, Murtala Nyako. This followed the dismissal of an application filed by the embattled governor seeking to restrain the lawmakers from going on with the action against him until the determination of the substantive suit.…
Delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja have given nod to the creation of new states in Nigeria. The decision was reached on Thursday at the plenary, after the Conference debated on the issue, which also caused a divided house. The Conference recommended that 19 new states should be carved from the existing six…
The runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed for two days to enable a maintenance to be carried out on it, a statement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, on Wednesday has said. Spokesman of FAAN, Yakubu Dati, explained that the action is in line with International Civil Aviation Organisation,…
With the feelers coming from the political home of Honourable Lola Abiola-Edewor, it seems all is now for her return to the political terrain of Ogun State, especially Ogun Central, which is her home. This move, according to sources conversant with political happenings in the ‘Gateway State’, informed Aproko247 that it is geared towards the…